Zodiac Academy 4: Shadow Princess
Shadow Princess: Chapter 2

I woke with the most satisfying ache lingering in my body. Flashes of last night rode through my mind over and over again, pulling a smile to my lips and making me hard for another round.

I peeled my eyes open and looked up at the glass dome which made up my room. Above my head, light was just beginning to spill into the lake and I watched the water moving in a gentle current.

I reached across the bed and ran my hand down Geraldine’s side, a groan of longing escaping me at the feeling of her exposed skin beneath my fingertips.

She had rolled away from me in the night, her bare back and just-fucked hair all I could see of her. I wanted more, I fucking needed it. I’d never experienced anything like I had last night. I was used to controlling and boosting the emotions of other Fae while we screwed; girls went wild for the extra shot of lust I fed them. But Grus wasn’t like that. She was fucking immune to me. Strong enough to block me out and make me work my ass off to satisfy her.

Which I absolutely had. The sound of her screaming my name was the most arousing and rewarding thing I’d ever heard. And I was going to hear it again in about five minutes.

I leaned forward and pressed a kiss to her shoulder blade, trailing a line of kisses down her spine and smirking as a sleepy moan escaped her. A trickle of lust came to me as she stirred and I moved lower, turning her gently so that she rolled onto her back and I could gain access to all of her again.

For a moment I just looked down at her as I braced my hands on either side of her hips, my muscles bunching as I held myself up. Fuck, why hadn’t I ever looked at her properly before last night? I’d been so blinded by the royalist bullshit she spouted all the time that I’d missed the perfection of her curves. I’d never seen such perfect, round tits before and when she’d ridden me I’d had to fight the whole fucking time not to explode before I’d given her what she needed. I’d never had sex like it. And I wasn’t going to let her go any time soon.

I pressed a kiss right beneath her navel and started working my way lower. I’d wake her up screaming and be eight inches deep in her before she’d caught her breath again.

My mouth made it lower and she twisted beneath me as she came to a little more.

“Oh holy manoli, I’m sleeping in a fish bowl,” she gasped as she opened her eyes. Those exclamations got a whole lot filthier last night and I was looking forward to earning some more from her.

I dipped my head between her thighs, running my tongue straight up the centre of her and groaning with desire as I prepared to devour her.

“Sweet noodle balls, Max, don’t start all that hoo-ha again now,” she said, reaching down to grip my hair and pull me off of her.

“What?” I asked with a frown.

“I need to get to The Orb for breakfast before the buttery bagels are all snaffled up!” she shoved me aside like she had zero interest in what I’d just been about to do to her and I frowned as I reached out to read her emotions, not understanding what the fuck was happening.

I caught a whiff of lust but it was fading. More prominent were frustration and concern.

“I’ll get someone to bring some bagels here,” I said, sitting up so she could get a clear view of my abs. “Wouldn’t you rather come back to bed?”

Geraldine turned to look at me with a laugh falling from her lips. “Why ever would I want to roll in your haystack again, Max Rigel? I can add a notch to my bedpost when I get back to my own room and go right on back to the important things in life.”

“Important things?” What the fuck is happening right now?

“Shall we keep this little noodle blip to ourselves?” she asked as she pulled on her panties.

“What the fuck is a noodle blip?”

She giggled at me and I had to watch as she covered up those perfect tits. “You know, silly bear. When your noodle gets scrambled by the moon and you get the hormone hotties for someone ridunkulous. It’s just a little embarrassing, don’t you think?”

“I…are you worried I’d be embarrassed to tell people about us?” I asked as she drew her dress over her head and stole my last hope for morning sex.

“Why in Solaria would you be embarrassed?” she asked, widening those big blue eyes at me and capturing me in them. “I’m the one who’s got to play the shame game. Whatever would anyone think if they realised I’d bumped bottoms with an Heir?” She said the word like it was dirty.

I stared at her as she actually fucking shuddered, trying to understand what she was saying.

“What? Just…wait. Are you saying you’re embarrassed about last night? Didn’t you feel what I felt? That sex was fucking mind blowing.”

“Yes, yes, you were perfectly adequate,” she said as she moved to look in the mirror, standing by my closet and fixing her goddamn hair.

“Adequate??”

“Well, I cant stand around here gossiping with you all day, I need to check in with the A.S.S. and see who else fell for the moon crazies. I doubt anyone else had quite such a slip of sanity as me though.” She chuckled again.

“Wait. Slip of sanity? Are you saying this isn’t going to happen again?” I got to my feet and followed her as she headed for the door, not really knowing what the fuck was happening. She’d been there last night, I’d given her the time of her life. That was more than just sex, it was like riding a high. Why wasn’t she still in my bed begging for more? And how the hell was I losing out to buttery bagels?

“Of course it isn’t, silly sausage.” She laughed as she pulled the door open, not even bothering to check me out as I stood naked before her. “See you later, baked potata!”

The door shut with a harsh click and I was left with a sinking hard-on and no idea what had just fucking happened. Hurricane Geraldine had torn through my bedroom and I was left reeling in the wake of her departure.

I gritted my teeth as I headed away to take a shower. This was not going to stand. There was no way she didn’t feel this connection between us. No way in hell. So I was just going to have to work on her until she’d admit it.

Because now I’d had a taste of Grus, I wasn’t going back. That girl was going to be mine.